Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16259, Solomon Fletcher, Mass.

SERVICE
SERVICE Mass.
NUMBER _____
Fletcher, Solomon Abigail
N 16259
CONTENTS

6576 Albany, N. York
Agent no recd
Abigail Fletcher widow of Solomon Fletcher
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 25. July 1825 of Washington Co. in the State of N. York who was a Drummer in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Mass the regt. commanded by Col. Marshall in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 88 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of March 1842 and sent to Eleazer H. ... Boston, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $440 00 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2. Page 77

State of New York } Washington County ss. } On the thirtieth day of December eighteen hundred and forty one Abigail Fletcher came before me and being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that four of her children were born on the following dates Vis Sally Fletcher was born June 2. A.D. 1784, Josiah Fletcher was born December 12th A.D. 1786 Isaac Fletcher was born May 9th 1789, and Simeon B. Fletcher was born March 11th 1792.
Subscribed and sworn before } her me this 30th day of December } Abigail X Fletcher 1841. Nathaniel Root Justice } mark of the Peace.
State of New-York, } WASHINGTON COUNTY, } ss.—I H Shipman Esq Clerk of said county, Do cer- tify that Nathaniel Root Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certi- ficate of acknowledgment of the annexed Affidavits was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, dwelling therein, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Nathaniel Root and verily believe the signature to said certificate to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county, this 1 st day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two H Shipman Esq Clerk.

State of New-York Washington County ss.
On this thirtieth day of December eighteen hundred forty one came before me, Smith Barber a resident of the town of Green- wich in said county and after being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith he has been acquainted with Solomon Fletcher and Abigail Fletcher for fifty years or more and verily believes they were actual husband and wife and that they have been so reputed up to the death of the said Solomon Fletcher and have lived as husband wife since my acquaintance up to the said Solomon's death: And that Abigail Fletcher the widow of the said Solomon has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband Subscribed and sworn on the day and date above named before me Nathaniel Root Justice of the Peace
Smith Barber

State of New-York } Washington County ss. }
On this thirtieth day of December eighteen hundred and forty one, came before me, Judithum Gilbert a resident of the town of Greenwich in said county and after being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith, he was acquainted with Solomon Fletcher and Abigail Fletcher while they resided in Cavendish (Vermont) for some few years and since they removed to this county above named for fifty years or more and during the whole of his acquaintance with them they have been regarded as husband and wife and they have so lived: And been considered up to the time of the said Solomon's death. And further that the said Abigail Fletcher has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband.
Subscribed and sworn } on the day and date } Judithum Gilbert above named before } me Nathaniel Root Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts { Westford Feb'y 14 th 1842 Middlesex ss } Office of the Town Clerk
I John W P Abbot Town clerk in said Westford do hereby certify that the following is a true extract from the Records of the births and deaths of said town now in my care and keeping to wit "Solomon Fletcher son of Ebenezer Fletcher and Joanna his wife was born December twenty seventh seventeen hundred and sixty" excepting the following to wit "December 27 1760" which are in plain and legible figures
John W. P. Abbot. Town Clerk
Middlesex ss Feb'y 15 th 1842
Sworn to before me
John Abbot Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office February 23. 1842
I hereby certify that at the time of the within attestation. John Abbott was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
Witness the seal of the State
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth

State of New York, } ss. County of Washington }
On this Thirtieth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and forty one personally appeared before John McLean First Judge of the County courts of said County
Abigail Fletcher a resident of Greenwich in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty four years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Solomon Fletcher, formerly of Westford, in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, who enlisted as a Drummer in Captain Philip Thomas' company in Colonel Marshall's Regiment, about the first part of the year 1777, and served three years, at the end of which time he was honorably discharged.
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Fletcher in Concord in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts in the first part of the year seventeen hundred and eighty two; that she has formerly been under some misapprehension with regard to

the date of her marriage: That she, with her husband the aforesaid Solomon Fletcher removed to the said town of Greenwich more than fifty years ago, but the exact time she cannot now recollect: That her husband the aforesaid Solomon Fletcher died on the twenty fifth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time within stated; and that she has remained a widow ever since his death.
Abigail her Fletcher mark
Sworn & subscribed on the day and year first above written before me.
John M. Lean First Judge Wash: Co: Courts
And I the said Judge do further certify that the aforesaid Abigail Fletcher is, from age & infirmity, unable to attend the court of the said County of Washington Dated Dec: 30 th 1841. John M. Lean

Abigail Fletcher of the town of Greenwich county of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith according to the best of her recollection and belief that Solomon Fletcher who was this deponent's husband at the time of his death was at the time of their marriage as informed by her said husband twenty two years eleven months and twenty one or twenty two days old. And that the names of her said husband's parents were Ebenezer and Joanna Fletcher. Further this deponent saith not.  Sworn and subscribed this } Abigail her Fletcher fifteenth day of February } mark A.D. 1842 before me } N.B. The words (as informed by Nathaniel Root Justice } her said husband) interlined of the Peace } before execution
Isaac Fletcher of the town of Greenwich county of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith he has examined the town record of Westford County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts and there found the record of the time of the birth of Solomon Fletcher son of Ebenezer Fletcher and Joanna Fletcher. said Solomon Fletcher agreeably to said record was born December twenty seventh A.D. 1760 or in letters (seventeen hundred and sixty) and this deponent hath no doubt but what this same Solomon Fletcher was the husband of Abigail Fletcher.
Sworn and subscribed this } Isaac Fletcher 15th day of February A.D. 1842 before me Nathaniel Root Justice of the Peace

Clerk's Office Washington County } I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that Nathaniel Rood Esq is a justice of the peace as within and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
Given under my hand and the seal of the said county this 18 th day of February 1842 -
Edward Dodd Clk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex
Office of the Town Clerk of Westford Novem- ber third eighteen hun- dred and forty one
I John W P Abbot Town Clerk in the town County and Commonwealth aforesaid make the following extract from the record of publications of an inten- tion of marriage in said town now in my possession "Solomon Fletcher of Westford and Abigail Melvin of Concord were intended in order for marriage Febru- ary twentieth seventeen hundred and eighty two."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows "Feb y 20 1782"
I John W P Abbot abovenamed do depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town County and Commonwealth aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
John W P Abbot Clerk of the Town of Westford
Middlesex ss Nov 3 d 1841
Sworn & subscribed.
Before me
John Abbot Jus. Peace.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
file 16259 Rev. war.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Solomon Fletcher , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
son of Ebenezer + Joanna Fletcher     DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1 77 3 yrs. Drum. Philip Thomas Marshall            uniform pay only
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mastford, Mass. Dec. 27, 1760  Date of application for pension, Mch. 30 1841 - allowed.  Residence at date of application, Greenwich, Washington Co., N.Y.  Age at date of application, 83 yrs.  Remarks: Sol. mar. Abigail Melvin Feby. 20, 1782 Concord Mass. He died July 25, 1825
Very respectfully,
Rally b. June 2, 1784 Josiah Dec. 12, 1786 Isaac May 9, 1789 and Simeon B. Mch. 11, 1792  Commissioner.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16259 Abigail Fletcher Widow of Solomon Fletcher Drum m Rev. War
Act June 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 5342,
Abigail Fletcher Widow of Solomon Nass
let to Eleazer Homer
April 24. 1841
Act 4 July 1836

No 8139. Abigail Fletcher Wid: of Solomon. Washington County N. York.
Set to Eleazer Farnes. Jan 21. 1842
Act July 7. 1838,

State of New-York, } WASHINGTON COUNTY; } ss. — 1, H. Shipman Deputy Clerk of said County, Do certify that John McLean Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment of the annexed Declaration — was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a Judge in and for said county, dwelling therein, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds, &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John McLean and verily believe the signature to said certificate to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county, this 1 st day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Two
H. Shipman Deputy Clerk

I, Eleazer Homer of Boston, in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty years, do, on my oath, testify and declare, that I have the care of a part of the documents relating to Revolutionary Service which remain in the department of the Secretary of this State; that it appears by the book in which the applications for evidence of Revolutionary Service are recorded that on the seventeenth day of March, 1841, Isaac Fletcher, of Greenwich, in the County of Washington and State of New York, came to the office, where the rolls are kept, bringing with him a statement of the service of his father Solomon Fletcher formerly of Westford in this state, by which it appeared that he served under Capt. Philip Thomas and Col. Marshall, which on referring to the book containing the accounts of the soldiers in Col. Marshall's Regiment was found to be correct. And I do further declare, that no examination for the service of the said Solomon Fletcher, was made before the above mentioned statement was submitted to me, and that there was but one statement submitted.
Witness.
J. B. Lane.
Eleazer Homer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Suffolk. ss. Boston January 14 1842
Then personally appeared the within named Eleazer Homer, and made oath, in due form of law, that the foregoing statement, by him subscribed, is true.
Before me, Chas W Lovett
Jas Pease

No 8139
Abigail Fletcher
Wid of Solomon
New York
Ad July 7. 1838
See No. 5342 ad July 4. '36

March 41. Abigail Fletcher age 83
Mar d . Dec r . 1775. husband - 1825
never applied for a pension.
Abel Davis says they were married within 2 or 3 years of leaving home.
Myles Richardson - same.
Joanna Carter. Mar d about 75
No record of Benjamin when they were 1 st .
S d Fletcher went away on a errand. Jan 2 nd 1777 again
2 nd Dec r . Dec r 41. age 84. mar d 1782. Feb. 20 Recd & published in Wolford

Abigail Fletcher Wid of Solomon New York At July 7 1838
Married 1782 died 1825
Allow $88 per ann Duns 2 p Map. line Leapt Thomas (a Marshall)
E Eleazar Homer Esq Boston Mass.

Sol o Fletcher d. 1825
Abigail Fletcher m. 1775
77 3 p. Dms - P. Thomas
On roll.
Prof of manor L Identity w/
from the town of Westford Mass. See alphabetical list of 3 years mrs Vol 28.
Vol 27 L 118 -
Sol & Joshua Fletcher on Mulford

Boston, February 24 th 1842.
Sir,
In the case of Abigail, widow of Solomon Fletcher, I trust the papers now forwarded, with the following explanation of facts, will suffice to remove all doubts which the Department may have with regard to her claim.
On the 17 th of March 1841, Isaac Fletcher of Greenwich, N.Y. came to my office, and stated that he thought his mother Abigail Fletcher, was entitled to a Pension, as the widow of Solomon Fletcher formerly of Westford, Mass., who served three years in Capt. Thomas' Company and Col. Marshall's Reg t , and that they were married in the winter following the date of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He requested me to act as agent in the case, and I furnished him with a declaration, stating such facts as were known to him, leaving the remainder to be filled up by the judge. This, with a number of depositions, was received by me April 12 th and forwarded to the War Department. Upon the receipt of your letter of April 24 th , I wrote to the Town Clerk of Westford, requesting him to examine the record of births, and he informed me that Solomon Fletcher, son of Ebenezer and Joanna Fletcher was born Dec r 27 th 1760. I then knew that the widow had made a mis-statement, and decided to do nothing more in the case until record evidence of the marriage could be found. This occurred

in November last, when the entry on the town records was found, as certified by the Clerk on the 3 rd of that month. A Declaration was then made under the Act of July 7, 1838, and forwarded to the Department with such evidence as could be procured.
As, in your letter of January 21 st the age of Solomon Fletcher is required, I wrote to the son of the claimant, to that effect, but did not inform him of the entry on the town record. He returned the depositions herewith enclosed, which, as will be seen, were made on the same day that the certificate of the Town Clerk was sworn to.
It is probably known to the War Department that most of the musicians in the army were quite young. In one regiment of ten companies, I find fourteen musicians, out of twenty, who were under twenty one years of age, and the ages of these fourteen averaged less than seventeen years.
If there is now in the War Department, any roll of Capt. Thomas' Company, which shews the ages of the men, I have no doubt that the age of the claimant's husband will be found to correspond with that of the Solomon Fletcher in said company.
Please inform me of your decision as soon as convenient. Yours, Respectfully,
J. L. Edwards, Esq r
Ebenezer Homer J. L.

I Joanna Clanton — of Westford in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged — 85 years do hereby testify and say That I was well acquainted with Solomon Fletcher and his wife Abigail That that the said Solomon was my lawfull Brother that he was married to Abigail Melvin of Concord in said county of Middlesex about the year 1775 — and that they lived together in the town of Westford in said county as husband and wife about three years —
Attest Gilbert Farmer
Joanna her X Clanton mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex county March 20th 1841.
Then the said Joanna Clanton personally appeared and made oath that the above certificate by her subscribed was true
Jona Prescott Justice of the Peace

Solomon Islands P. Merluf Cape Merluf Is Marshall Rep

Boston, January 15 th 1842
Sir,
Herewith enclosed are the papers relating to the claim of Mrs Abigail Fletcher, widow of Solomon Fletcher for a pension under the Act of June 7, 1838. She made an application in April last, (at which time no evidence of marriage could be found) under the Act of July 4, 1836. I have since discovered evidence of their publication in February, 1782, which was after the close of his service. This, with the depositions now forwarded, and those now in the Pension Office, will, I trust, be considered as sufficient evidence of the marriage.
As, in your letter of April 24, 1841, proof of identity is required, and as no person who served with him can now be found, I have availed myself of a suggestion made in your letter of February 1, 1841, to the Committee of the Legislature of this State, respecting the withdrawal of the Rolls, and made the enclosed deposition that a statement of his service was submitted to me before any search was made for the name. This, with the fact that

but one Solomon Fletcher can be found, will, I trust, be considered as proof that the one in capt Thomas' company Col Marshall's Regiment, was the husband of the claimant.
The reason why Solomon Fletcher never applied for a pension, I give in the words of his son, Isaac Fletcher, in a letter written July 5, 1841. "The "reason was because my father was, in his life-time, "abundantly able to do without such a pension, "as he was in possession of quite a large freehold, "besides a numerous stock, goods and chattels, and "money at interest."
Please inform me of your decision as soon as convenient.
Yours, Respectfully,
Eleazer Homer
J. G. Edwards, Esq Washington. D. C.

Boston April 13 th 1841.
Sir,
Herewith enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs Abigail Fletcher of Greenurch N.Y. widow of Solomon Fletcher formerly of Westford in this state. No record of marriage can be found, as appears by the accompanying certificate of the Town Clerk of Concord, where they were married, but I presume the numerous depositions from credible persons, will be sufficient evidence of the fact. The service declared for is proved by the army books, as appears by the Secretary's Certificate. As the widow resides in New York, she wishes to receive the pension in that state. Please let me know the result as soon as convenient.
Yours, Respectfully,
Ebenezer Homer
James G. Edwards, Esq. Washington, D.C.

State of New York. } ss. County of Washington }
On this thirtieth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one, personally appeared before John McLean First Judge of the County Courts of said County —
Abigail Fletcher, a resident of Greenwich, in the County and State aforesaid, aged eighty-three years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836; That she is the widow of Solomon Fletcher formerly of Westford in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, who enlisted as a drummer in Captain Philip Thomas' company, Colonel Marshall's Regiment, about the first of January, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and served three years, at the end of which time he was honorably discharged.
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Fletcher, in Concord in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, by Colonel Cuming, of said town in the month of December, and the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, but the day of the month she cannot recollect: That she with her husband removed to the above-mentioned town of Greenwich more than fifty years ago, but the exact number of years is unknown to her: That her husband, the aforesaid Solomon Fletcher died on the twenty fifth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, in the said town of Greenwich: and that she has

remained a widow ever since his death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn and subscribed Abigail  her  X Fletcher on the day and year mark
above written before me John M c Lean First Judge Wash: Co: Co. N.Y.
I the said judge certify that the said declaration in the foregoing declaration named is from bodily infirmity unable to appear in court. John M c Lean
State of New York Washington County ss I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that John M c Lean Esq. is First Judge of Washington County Courts as above and that the foregoing certificate purport signatures purporting to be his are genuine I further certify that said courts are courts of record.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said county this 31 st day of March 1841.
Edward Dodd Ck
State of New York Washington County ss I John M c Lean First Judge of the County courts of said county, certify that Edward Dodd is the clerk of said courts and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine I further certify that the seal attached to his foregoing certificate is the seal of said courts.
Given under my hand the 3 rd day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty one.
John M c Lean First Judge Wash: Co: Co. N.Y.

I hereby certify that I was town clerk of Concord in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts from March 1836, to March 1840. & from repeated examinations of the records of Marriages for said town I have found evidence of irregularity in the returns to the town clerk of the marriages solemnized by John Cuming Esq. & in several instances within my knowledge persons, after perusing, have proved by living witness that they were married by said Cum- ings when no evidence of it appeared upon the records of the Town.
Nehemiah Ball
Concord March 19. 1841.
Middlesex ss. March 19. 1841. Then the above named Nehemiah Ball well known to me to be a credible person made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true. Before me Nathaniel Brooks Jus. of the Peace

I the subscriber Town clerk of Concord. hereby testify that I have duly searched the records of marriages in the towns Book of records. and do not find the names of Solomon Fletcher & Abigail Melvin recorded therein
Cyrus Stow, Town clerk of Concord
Concord. March 19 - 1841.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Middlesex County ss.
March 19 th A.D. 1841. - Then the above named Cyrus Stow, well known to me to be the Town Clerk of said Town of Concord in said County, to be a credible, personally appeared, and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true -
Before me Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Washington County ss
Smith Barber of Greenwich in said county aged eighty years being duly sworn before Thomas Cottrell esquire a justice of the peace of the county aforesaid deposeth and saith that he has known Salomon Fletcher and Abigail Fletcher for at least forty years and that during the time to the said Salomon Fletcher, they lived together as husband and wife and has never heard any person intimate that they were not married
Subscribed and sworn
The 29th day of March
1841 before me
Thos. Cottrell justice of the peace
Smith Barber

State of New York } Washington County } ss. I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that Thomas Cottrell Esq. is a Justice of the Peace as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine Given under my hand and the seal of the said county this 31 st day of March 1841 Edward Dodd Clerk

State of New York
Washington county
Jeduthan Gilbert of Greenwich in the county aforesaid being duly sworn before Thomas Cottrell esquire a justice of the peace of the county aforesaid deponeth and saith that he is seventy three years of age and that he knew Solomon Fletcher and Abigail Fletcher about sixty years ago and that they then lived in Cavendish in the state of Vermont and has since been acquainted with them living in Greenwich Washington county and state of New York for about forty years and during the whole of said acquaintance this deponent supposed that Abigail Fletcher was the lawful wife of Solomon Fletcher deceased and has never heard any thing to the contrary
Subscribed and sworn
the 29th day of March
1841 before me
Thos. Cottrell justice of the peace
Jeduthan Gilbert

State of New York Washington County ss I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that Thomas Cottrell Esq. is a Justice of the Peace as within and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of the said county this 31 st day of March 1841 Edward Dodd Clerk

I Wayle Richardson of Westford in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 85 years, do hereby depose and say That I was well acquainted with Solomon Fletcher and his wife Abigail when they lived in Westford in said County more than sixty years ago That they lived together as husband & wife, and were reputed to be man & wife legally married. That I never heard the legality of their marriage questioned, or imagined any thing to the contrary in my own mind ————— I further testify & say that I have no doubts that said Abigail and Solomon were legally married, and from the best of my recollection I think they were married within one or two years of the battle in Concord between the British and Americans,
Wayle Richardson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County March 20th 1841
Then the above named Wayle Richardson well known to me to be a credible person appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate
John Prescott Justice of the Peace

I Abel Davis of Concord in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 84 years, do testify & say: That I was well acquainted with Solomon Fletcher and his wife Abigail when they lived in Westford in said County more than sixty years since, that they lived together as husband & wife, and were reputed to be man & wife legally married. That I never heard the legality of their marriage questioned or talked about. That I knew the said Abigail before her marriage while her name was Abigail Melven at which time she lived in said Concord a near neighbor to me: and I further testify & say that I have no doubt that said Abigail & Solomon were legally married, & from the best of my recollection I think they were married within two or three years after Concord fight.
Abel his + Davis mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County - March 19. th 1844
Then the said Abel Davis well known to me to be a credible person, was made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate Before me. Nehemiah Ball Jus. of the Peace

Massachusetts.
No 5342
Abigail Fletcher. widow of Solomon
Act July 4, 1836.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 12 th 1841.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Solomon Fletcher is borne on an account in the Army books, as a Drummer from Westford, in the = Colonel's Company, Colonel Marshalls Regiment, and there found credited by his Services from January 2 d 1777 to December 31 st 1779, being 35 months, 29 days at $4 per Month.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, January 8 th 1842
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Solomon Fletcher is borne on a "list of Men engaged in the Continental Army for the town of Westford for three years, or during the War" where it appears that he enlisted under Capt. Thomas in Col l Marshall's regiment, and there is but one Solomon Fletcher on the list. The name also appears on "a Cloathing Return drawn in Capt. Phillips Thomas' Company in Col l Thomas Marshall's Reg t for the Year 1777 and 1778" Sol c Fletcher, Drummer of Westford in the Col l Company. Col l Marshall's Reg t . By his Service from January 2 d 1777 to Dec r 31 st 1779 is 35 months 29 days. 46 2/3 Per Month In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, January 13. 1842
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the within attestations, Luther Prescott and John Abbot were Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex. And Charles W. Lovett a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Dikelee Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 13 th 1841
I hereby Certify, That Nathan Brooks - Nehemiah Ball and Jonathan Prescott Esq rs - are Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex (and they have been such for the month last past)
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Johanna Clavter, of Westford in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts, widow, do on my oath testify & declare, that I am in the eighty-seventh year of my age: that I am sister to the late Solomon Fletcher whose widow is understood to be now living in the State of New York , an applicant for a Revolutionary Pension.
And I do further testify & declare, that I have always understood & believed that my said late brother Solomon was married to his said widow in Concord in said County, some time in the Revolutionary War; and I do well recollect that after their said marriage they lived together, as man & wife, in my late father's House in said Westford, & that his said widow gave birth to one child while they so lived there.
And I do further testify & say that my said late brother was, formerly a resident of said Westford, & was born in said town, & that he was in the Army of the Revolution more than three years, and that there was no man living in said Westford during said war of the name of Solomon Fletcher but him.
Witness: The words "York" & "formerly" first interlined. J. Gregory
Johanna her X Clavter mark
State of Massachusetts } ss. Westford, November 3 d 1841. Middlesex County }
Then the above named Johanna Clavter, who is a credible witness, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed -
Before me, Luther Prescott Justice of the Peace.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fletcher, Stephen GRADE Private "in the dragoons" LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12120 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 5, 1790 To Wm. S. Vreedenburgh, or for assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.